#CDD265#CDD265

#CDD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.133 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD265
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 51.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -16.58, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 55.27, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0483 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.133 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5735, 60.0130, 21.2289)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD265 #6A65D2

analogous

#D2A065 #CDD265 #96D265

triadic

#CDD265 #65CDD2 #D265CD

tetradic

#CDD265 #65D2A0 #6A65D2 #D26596

square

#CDD265 #65D2A0 #6A65D2 #D26596

split-complementary

#CDD265 #6596D2 #A065D2

monochromatic

#8D922B #BBC138 #CDD265 #DCE094 #ECEEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#CDD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD265

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD265	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.133 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf94',
    500: '#cdd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd265;
$custom-light: #dedf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83774,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD265

secondary

#474498

accent

#23C22B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD265

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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